Nearly 600 new homes will be built in the next phase of the award-winning regeneration of the Woodberry Down Estate alongside stunning new open spaces, enhanced green infrastructure and many more trees, after plans were approved by Hackney Council.

New proposals for the third phase of the project, which has already seen nearly 2,000 modern, high-quality new homes built since 2009, will nearly double the number of homes for social rent from original plans for the phase.

Circa 42% of the 584 new homes will be genuinely affordable, with 117 homes for social rent and 126 for shared ownership, as well as 341 homes for outright sale to help pay for them.

Existing secure Council tenants whose poor-quality homes are set for demolition under the programme are guaranteed the right to return to one of the new homes at the same type of social rent. Hundreds of tenants have already moved into a new home over the last 11 years, with the latest plans enabling more residents to move.

The project will also include the planting of 175 new trees, to help replace the loss of a few existing trees, as well as the equivalent of 29 tennis courts of new open spaces, including a new fully public park.

Philip Glanville, Mayor of Hackney, commented: "Our partnership at Woodberry Down is delivering one of Europe’s biggest single-site regeneration project, providing new, modern, genuinely affordable homes for existing tenants and fantastic new facilities and open spaces for everyone. I’m proud that through genuine engagement with local people and our partners, we’re improved our plans by not only improving the green spaces and number of trees, but also continuing to deliver even more of the social housing our borough so desperately needs."

The proposals were approved by the Planning Committee 23.04.2020, following more than a year of consultation with local people – including dozens of workshops, exhibitions and open days.

Construction is expected to start next year, with the first residents moving into new homes in 2024.

For more information see Hackney Council Planning Application ref. no. 2019/2514.